Durban beauty therapist Nadira Dasoo has come under fire from a
Gauteng Muslim organisation, Know Islam, believed to be behind an
e-mail lambasting her for being a contestant in the Ultimate Grand Prix
Drive, screened on SABC3 on Sunday nights.

Show contestants race in go-karts and cars and must perform various tasks.

Dasoo, a 29-year-old mother of two who maintained her religious
dress code throughout the contest, was eliminated from the show last
week.

The e-mail said : “This Muslim sister of ours has made a mistake and we are here to remind her of the wrong she did.

“In your headscarf you participated in a kaafir (non-Muslim)
male-dominated show, bringing shame to yourself and insulting Muslims
throughout the world.

“You allowed your body to be touched by a kaafir in a manner which
will create excitement in any man ... you seemed to be enjoying this.

“It was called ‘exercise’ and ‘training’, while this kaafir carried you up and down the stairs. What a travesty indeed!”

It went on to say that the majority of Muslim scholars and jurists
had determined the minimum requirements for Muslim women’s dress,
including:
* That clothing must cover the entire body, with the exception of the face and hands; and
* That the clothing should not be form-fitting, sheer or eye-catching
as to attract undue attention or reveal the shape of the body.

Dasoo agrees she has “done wrong as a Muslim girl”.

“But when I was approached with the competition, I saw it as an
opportunity, because this is something that I actually enjoy, Formula 1
racing, and I had the support of my husband.

Durban beauty therapist Nadira Dasoo has come under fire from a
Gauteng Muslim organisation, Know Islam, believed to be behind an
e-mail lambasting her for being a contestant in the Ultimate Grand Prix
Drive, screened on SABC3 on Sunday nights.

Show contestants race in go-karts and cars and must perform various tasks.

Dasoo, a 29-year-old mother of two who maintained her religious
dress code throughout the contest, was eliminated from the show last
week.

The e-mail said : “This Muslim sister of ours has made a mistake and we are here to remind her of the wrong she did.

“In your headscarf you participated in a kaafir (non-Muslim)
male-dominated show, bringing shame to yourself and insulting Muslims
throughout the world.

“You allowed your body to be touched by a kaafir in a manner which
will create excitement in any man ... you seemed to be enjoying this.

“It was called ‘exercise’ and ‘training’, while this kaafir carried you up and down the stairs. What a travesty indeed!”

It went on to say that the majority of Muslim scholars and jurists
had determined the minimum requirements for Muslim women’s dress,
including:
* That clothing must cover the entire body, with the exception of the face and hands; and
* That the clothing should not be form-fitting, sheer or eye-catching
as to attract undue attention or reveal the shape of the body.

Dasoo agrees she has “done wrong as a Muslim girl”.

“But when I was approached with the competition, I saw it as an
opportunity, because this is something that I actually enjoy, Formula 1
racing, and I had the support of my husband.